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Winterim

Winterim is the centerpiece of Lawrence Academy's commitment to immersive education -- learning in the concrete and physical world of activity as a complement to learning in the vicarious and symbol-filled world of traditional classrooms. The 2018 catalog, listing this year's course offerings, is posted online (PDF at right). You will also find the 2018 Winterim Intro and Sign-up Forms here.

Note:Individual programs are subject to change.

The Winterim program is an opportunity to explore a broader range of subjects and skills than is otherwise possible in a regular classroom. In that spirit, student reporters assist the LA communications staff in covering their classmates' experiences, while gaining some knowledge of their own.

Winterim News Team: Recap and Wrap-Up

Groton, MA – Though Winterim 2016 is coming to a close on this mild March day, it is not without excitement, achievement, new experience, and an all-around bittersweet feeling descending over campus.

Caribbean adventurers and Dominican explorers are returning from their travels, while Clay and Kiln creators are finishing their final products and drones are making their final flights.

And through it all, from start to finish, the Winterim News Team was there to document all of LA’s Winterims - from Ansin and Gray Buildings, to Florida, Ecuador, and the Rio Grande.

“I loved this Winterim,” reports Khloe Hartner ’17, this time on the other side of the journalistic approach. “At first, I was a little uncomfortable in front of the camera.”

News teammates Zach May ’16, Irma Krimelyte ’17, and Josh Newsome ’17 participated alongside Khloe in an effort to learn hands-on the process of PR, web, reporting, social media, event coverage, and journalism in their two weeks with the Communications Department's John Bishop and Jonathan Gotlib.

“It was a really good experience that helped open up my eyes to the world of social media,” agreed Josh of the program, officially entitled “Web Reporting and Social Media.”

“The food was really good, too. Love the food,” he added with a smile, noting that the four lucky students were happy to be exposed to a number of unique restaurants during their two weeks, learning review styles and experiential reporting.

“I saw a hockey game for the first time, too, so that was very cool,” Josh, a native of England, explained.

The students were happy to use outside experiences such as visiting museums, watching hockey games, and interviewing professional players from AHL to build their interviewing and reporting skills as they delivered Winterim coverage to the LA community through blog posts, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Vine.

On campus Winterims will recall seeing the News Team popping in and out to take photos, video, and to inquire about their projects. In betwen their work on campus, the group also traveled to Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Cambridge’s Harvard Square, Lowell’s Tsongas Arena, Springfield’s MassMutual Center, Wakefield’s Hockey East Headquarters, and more.

“I like that we had an on campus Winterim that still spent some time off campus,” says Irma, who hails from Lithuania. “It was my first Winterim and I was not disappointed.

“And since we were only four people, we got really close.”

On their last day together, the Winterim News Team is working hard to be in touch with all Winterims to conclude their final coverage before the eagerly awaited spring break.

“I’d still be really happy to stay here for the next two weeks,” reports Zach.

Communications Intern Kacey Hartner ’13, was excited to have the opportunity to experience Winterim with her sister, Khloe Hartner, ’17, and to have another turn to be involved with the two week activity that is perhaps one of the best experiences that embodies Lawrence Academy.